Des Moines Marijuana Enforcement Task Force

Des Moines - Agenda (October 28, 2020)

Des Moines - Letter (October 26, 2020)

Congressional Research Service - The Schedule I Status of Marijuana (Sep. 11, 2020)

Iowans for Medical Marijuana - Statement (Sep. 17, 2020)

Request for Public Comment (Sep. 10, 2020)

Iowans for Medical Marijuana - Statement (Aug. 7, 2020)

Des Moines Task Force - Invitation (Aug. 4, 2020)

1. Banking, 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (2019)
   • any act or acts constituting a continuing criminal enterprise, as that term is defined in section 408 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848)
   • section 422 of the Controlled Substances Act (relating to transportation of drug paraphernalia)
2. Taxes, 26 U.S.C. § 280E (2019)
   • No deduction or credit shall be allowed for any amount paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business if such trade or business (or the activities which comprise such trade or business) consists of trafficking in controlled substances (within the meaning of schedule I and II of the Controlled Substances Act) which is prohibited by Federal law or the law of any State in which such trade or business is conducted.
3. Racketeering, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (2019)
   • felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act)
4. Drug Free Workplace, 41 U.S.C. § 8101 (2019)
   • The term “criminal drug statute” means a criminal statute involving manufacture, distribution, dispensation, use, or possession of a controlled substance
5. Death Penalty
   • an offense referred to in section 408(c)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848(c)(1)), committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise offense under the conditions described in subsection (b) of that section which involved not less than twice the quantity of controlled substance described in subsection (b)(2)(A) or twice the gross receipts described in subsection (b)(2)(B)
6. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol
   • Article 36, Section 1 Subject to its constitutional limitations
   • Article 36, Section 2 Subject to the constitutional limitations of a Party, its legal system and domestic law
7. Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971
   • Article 22, Section 1 Subject to its constitutional limitations
   • Article 22, Section 2 Subject to the constitutional limitations of a Party, its legal system and domestic law
8. Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
   • Article 3, Section 1 Subject to its constitutional principles
   • Article 3, Section 2 Subject to its constitutional principles